Archive for the ‘Police Dog’ Category

Chicago Police Dog Afraid of Thunder Comes Home

Monday, May 18th, 2009

CHICAGO —  A Chicago police dog named Bear who is apparently a scaredy cat when it comes to thunder is back home after going missing during a storm. Authorities say Bear, who went missing several days ago, was found safe, but dirty, Sunday morning by a man walking to a hardware store. The ...

Police dog sniffs out runaway driver after crash on I-93

Monday, May 18th, 2009

CONCORD – A state trooper and his dog tracked down a Concord man who ran away after crashing his car on the off-ramp between Interstates 93 and 393, police reported this morning. Alexander Morley, 28, of Concord, faces charges of DWI, leaving the scene of an accident, and resisting arrest, police ...

Saline County Loses Police Dog ‘Rony’ To Pneumonia

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

A Saline County deputy says he lost a friend when the police dog he handled for nearly five years died after a three-week bout with pneumonia. Deputy Jim Hughes said the crime-fighting dog -- a German shepherd named Rony (RAHN'-ee) -- was "one of the better dogs around, if not the ...

Police dog gets suspect after deputy crashes

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Police dog gets suspect after deputy crashes 06:29 AM CDT on Friday, March 27, 2009 DALLAS — A Dallas County Sheriffs Department deputy is recovering from injuries suffered after crashing his patrol car late Thursday night. The deputy had been chasing a suspect in a pickup truck who failed to yield for what ...

Police Dog Shot

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Webnesday March 18, 2009, a police dog was shot after a routine traffic stop attempt. Spokane sheriff's office reports that, an officer attempted to pull 22-year-old male, Johnnie L. Longest over for reckless driving around 10:20pm. Longest sped off in the stolen Honda Civic and lost the officer in a short ...

Police dog bites man already in custody

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

I hate to see this happen, it gives police dogs a badd name.  A man, who was arrested for having drugs in his vehicle, was bitten by a police dog while in custody, according to the Brunswick County, N.C., Sheriff’s Department. A Leland, N.C., police officer stopped Vincent Eloyd Hill, 26, ...

Megan the police dog helps catch Southfields drug dealers

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Megan the police dog helps catch Southfields drug dealers. 7:00am Tuesday 17th March 2009 Megan is a police dog who is due our thanks for already leading the police to arrest two drug dealers earlier this month. Having received a call to report two young men acting suspiciously near a ground flat on ...

Police dog saves officers life

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

A police dog which was stabbed while protecting an officer is to receive a special award at Crufts. German shepherd Anya was injured in January 2008 as police tried to calm a man with a knife in Swindon. Her officer Pc Neil Sampson was also badly hurt, but both recovered and are ...

Police dog tracks liquor store robbery suspects

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Three men were arrested on charges they robbed a Government Hill liquor store Wednesday night, taking $59.98 worth of liquor and beating the clerk. William Pete, 22, Andrew Standifer, 20, and Jack Tazruk, 25, were charged with robbery, assault and theft, Anchorage police said. The three men entered the Hollywood Liquor Store ...

POLICE dog catches knife-wielding car thief who raced through Huyton in stolen Mitsubishi

Friday, February 27th, 2009

A KNIFE- WIELDING car thief has been locked up after being tackled by a police dog. Officers pursued James Lee as he raced at double the speed limit through Huyton in a stolen car. The 19-year-old, who has a record of stealing cars, eventually dumped the people carrier after going down a ...